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The Biggest Tree Canopy on the Planet Stretches Across Nearly Five Acres
In remote India, a visit to Thimmamma Marrimanu offers a spectacular lesson in the vital coexistence of living things
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Why South Korea’s National Archive Uprooted 12 Japanese Trees
The kaizuka trees represent a long and complicated history with the country’s former colonial occupier
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One of California’s Iconic “Tunnel Trees” Has Fallen
The Pioneer Cabin Tree was likely hundreds of years old
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Can Science Produce a Longer Lasting Christmas Tree?
LED Christmas lights make the needles hold on longer, and other discoveries from the world’s only Christmas tree research center
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A Century-Old Boston Christmas Tree Tradition Costs Canadians Big Money
Turns out that Boston’s city Christmas tree is a very valuable gift
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Why Public Health Researchers Are Looking to Urban Trees
A global study finds they can help cool cities and reduce air pollution—for less money than high-tech answers
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Madagascar’s Mangroves: The Ultimate Giving Trees
Locals already use the trees for food, fuel and building materials. Now they’re burning them to make lime clay
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“Extinct” Variety of Tree Rediscovered at Queen’s Palace in Scotland
Two Wentworth elms identified at Holyroodhouse escaped Dutch elm disease, which destroyed millions of other trees
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A Hungry Snake Finds a Whole Colony of Sociable Weavers
Nesting in close proximity to each other has a lot of advantages for sociable weavers
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This Music Was Composed by Climate Change
Dying forests make magnificently melancholy listening
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Stalking Down Answers: Why Are Some Redwoods White?
The mysterious pale trees many not just be odd genetic mutations, a new study finds
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Saplings From the 9/11 Survivor Tree Are Headed to Paris, San Bernardino and Orlando
The tree is a powerful symbol of resilience and life, even in the most tragic circumstances
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Celebrating at Least 1,075 Years, This Pine Could Be Europe’s Oldest Tree
The Bosnian pine stands in a forest of ancient trees in the Pindus Mountains
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Tree Rings Help Circle in on Dating Pre-History Events
Solar flares create spikes in the Carbon-14 of woody plants that can provide anchor years for more accurate dating of artifacts
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An Insect Could Make Ash Baseball Bats a Thing of the Past
The invasive emerald ash borer is threatening the forests where Rawlings and Louisville Sluggers come from, putting the bats in jeopardy
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India Plants a Record 50 Million Trees in 24 Hours
More than 800,000 volunteers planted saplings in public spaces in the state of Uttar Pradesh hoping to reduce greenhouse gases and reforest the countryside
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Browse Though the Amazon’s 12,000 Tree Species in This New Master List
Gotta count ‘em all
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Researchers Discover World’s Tallest Known Tropical Tree in Sabah’s “Lost World”
A 293.6-foot endangered yellow meranti tree on the island of Borneo was discovered by scanning its forests
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‘Sleeping’ Birch Trees Rest Their Branches at Night
Using laser scans of trees in Finland and Austria, researchers tracked interesting arboreal behavior
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What Does a Dying Forest Sound Like?
As temperatures rise, scientists scramble to pinpoint trees in danger of drought
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